Curious to hear from people who have rooted. Are you still going back to B&N screen and using it as it was originally intended (as a reader for B&N content), or, mostly as a modified android device?
I did not register mine before rooting so all B&N functions are disabled or inaccessible. Wondering if it's worth the trouble to reset and reroot and register it.
I use it like an android tablet. There's not a single vestige of B&N left on mine
Luckily, the books I own are from the kindle app store so I didn't have to fumble with getting the B&N reader installed after debloating.
BTW, I'm curious what browser most people are using. I'm using opera mobile.
Use mine in various ways. I use several readers, surf the net, share here, & study my Bible. Browser is Dolphin HD.
Swyped from my rooted BNTV250 using Tapatalk
I was suspecting this but interested to hear from more people. Did you end up deleting your B&N icons too? Set the browser to default to Dolphin (or whatever you've chosen?)
BTW - Dolphin browser
Rooted and still have all the B&N stuff. I use the reader and purchase books, as well as borrow from the library. Also use it as a tablet with corporate e-mail, calendar and contacts. All the apps from my phone that work.
Bill
Is it really necessary to keep all the B&N stuff? Can't you use any of the android market readers to read books and mags? I was not a big customer of B&N before getting the NT and don't imagine I'll be buying a bunch of stuff. I would, however, like to be able to download free books, library books and maybe a magazine subscription or two.
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I was suspecting this but interested to hear from more people. Did you end up deleting your B&N icons too?
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Left them, am getting a library account set up.
Set the browser to default to Dolphin (or whatever you've chosen?)
BTW - Dolphin browser
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I left all the B&N stuff on there for now, not that I use it. My device is registered to me though. This will probably all change once we get a good ICS or MIUI port (I love MIUI on my Nook Color).
100% of my books are through Amazon, but I never rule out the possibility of wanting something from B&N.
I'm using the now defunct Miren Browser. Dolphin HD is right there in features / awesomeness. I posted the Miren APK in the "Must Have Apps" in case anyone wants it.
Merrell
I use it as an Android tablet. However, I do use B&N software for reading books and I regularly make purchases from the B&N store.
Swyped from my Captivate.
Rooted w/snowball and total debloat. Have no interest in B&N proprietorial software. Bought the NT based on the hardware specs vs price. Am just waiting for a good ROM!!
I like buying books from B&N the (0.00 cost ones ..I prefer the B&N reader so i've kept all the actual apps from B&N. otherwise, I use it as a tablet for games, facebook, twitter, etc. I get most of my epubs from sources other than B&N and can still read them using the B&N reader. I also use it for the Galaxy Tarot app, and surfing the net. Its pretty much left my G2 to being just a phone/txt msg's and to wifi tether my nook to for data. I also enjoy following/applying the hacks and root/dev stuff that comes out. I really love that its virtually unbrickable, currently, so i can screw it up and its easy to factory reset and start over, which i've not heard of in other devices(not saying they don't exist, just that i've not heard of any like that). Also, as a christmas gift, you can't beat it...lol
I prefer the B&N Reader to the others I've tried. As mentioned previously it allows me to use EPUBs that I have, so it works perfectly. Other than that, I am using it as a normal android tablet for gaming and internet with Dolphin HD for my browser.
I am rooted and have access to B & N apps on my NT, but I screwed up and deleted the device manager2.3.4, so i cant buy anything from B&N. I may have to start from the beginning....Sigh
I use the Reader app and pandora from B&N but beyond that I use it mainly for watching videos,web broswing with Dolphin HD but the only gripe I have is that I cant block ads so all the flash based ones kick in when I try to watch any flash based videos and it tends to slow down the tablet a little when there are multiple flash elements on a single page with my videos. I use slacker, pandora, google music, and audiogalaxy for music the first 2 for listening to songs I dont have and the second 2 for the songs I do have. I use Mx video player for videos and have Skifta set up so that I can stream my video collection from my PC to my nook tablet makes it a lot easier so that I dont have to carry around large video files on either my small 2 gig sd card or the nook tablet itself I just stream the videos from the dlna server from my pc to the tab using Skifta. I have a bunch pf the go apps installed including the go keyboard with the go pad plugin that lets me set how big the keyboard is in both landscape and portiate mode.
All android for me. I have no need for bn other than a place to take it to for replacement it if dies before my 2 year warranty is up. I am slowly learning how to set things up, it is the process of learning that has been so fun for me.
I've still got all the B&N stuff but I seldom if ever go there. I normally stay on the rooted side now, mainly watching porn and such........Did I say that? I meant mainly watching educational videos and such.
All Android here, no BN left. However, I still get my paid books from BN, and simply load them onto my computer first.
Love Dolphin browser.
books and videos until ice cream sandwich comes out
sometimes games but thats it
What I do with my Nook
Rooted, left most of the B&N stuff on, though I got rid of Hulu. I use Kindle and Overdrive for all my reading enjoyment (mostly free stuff). I browse (Dolphin), Facebook, Linkedin, DirecTV (for occasional scheduling), Moboplayer for videos, and PowerAmp for music. Oh, and netflix. I have some other newsy stuff like currents and the "News and Weather" app.
Otherwise, its a cool toy. Lots of one-time app usage. Easier to use on the subway than my iPad.
Will likely flash with new ROM once that hits.
Also use Evernote.
I left my B&N stuff on there for times when I'm using it as an e reader. I also like the ability to download from the marketplace and use it as a regular tablet though.
Hey guys
Since Honeycomb Android is able to restore previously purchased app (free and paid). So when you restore to stock as soon as your Android device is linked to your Google account it put back the apps on the device.
That's cool....but not all the way....
I have a Xoom and a Galaxy Nexus. Both have their specific apps on it. On my xoom it's more games, on galaxy nexus it's more on the go apps like Pulse.
If I flash a rom or return to stock, when cloud come in I get ALL apps. From the xoom and the nexus plus those purchased in the past and don't want on the device anymore.
Now my question is: Is there a way to configure google to tell my account that this apps can go on that device but not on the other one....If Android TV come in canada I guess i'll get 200 apps that i don't want on it......
If i select to not backup/restore It is gonna take time to remember all the apps i had and if i use astro to backup it Google ay will not recognize them and will not auto-update them so that's not better.
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None that 'm aware of... I agree with you though, it would be extremely useful to have control of that. Of course, the average user only has at most 1 or 2 android devices, and don't spend a lot of time changing ROMS, so the need for device specific app assignments/settings may not really be on Google's radar.
I have a Samsung S3 and for my dropbox 50Gb with it.
So as I'm in the UK and we don't have Google music, spotify costs, I thought can I not upload my own music MP3s to my dropbox and stream? I don't want to download them to my device, just stream?
I am on 3 in UK on the One Plan so have unlimited data so that's not a problem.
Does anyone do this? Do you just use the android dropbox app? I've noticed there is some dropbox player apps any good?
Any help can't believe didn't think of this before?
give a try to this one.. http://goo.gl/e3jhX
seems exactly what you are looking for
and let us know pls!
Didn't work ok on my S3. I just get a message flashing up "preparing music" all the time and have to force close it.
Also it puts a notification at the top permanently. I personally hate it when apps do this.
So next.....
Get google music, theres plenty of free VPN's out there to get into it.
All you have to do is use an american vpn, login to your google music account once.
Then thats it.
Switch back to UK or even use your phone and Google Music now works.
Edit: If you want a hand with this let me know. Always happy to help a fellow XDA'r out
Do as suggested and use a vpn. I did that when I was living in England and haven't had any problems. I'm now in Spain and continue to use it. Works like a charm!
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Hi everyone this is my first time posting on the forums. I just upgraded from my blackberry 9700 to a Razr HD from Fido. I've never had an android phone before so this it's all new to me. I have a few general questions about how the operating system works and i was hoping you guys can help me out.
My phone came pre-installed with a few apps from Fido, but they only link me to a website to buy games, music, etc, and only work when i am on their network. I tried deleting them but i can't, i looked it up online and the internet said the only way it can done is by rooting the device. I bought the phone replacement warranty from future shop and i don't want to void the warranty, but the internet also said that rooting the phone voids the warranty.
I also downloaded a game but it wouldn't load since i needed flash player for it to work. The game redirected me to the adobe website to get it, but i wasn't sure which version of android my phone has. My phone info only said 4.0.4, and the versions on the adobe site were 4.0.4xxxxxxx. I tried 2 of them randomly from the list but they didn't work. Also how do i upgrade my phone to the most recent version of android? When i checked for updates it said it had the most recent updates.
How secure is android, and do i have to be careful with what websites i browse or what apps i download from the google store. And is there any way to make sure an app or anything downloaded from a place other than the google store is safe?
The last thing is how do i close programs that are running? I know on my ipad i could double tap the home button and close/open apps, is there anything similar on android?
Thanks for any help you guys can give me. If you have any other general advice that would be great too.
The apps that come pre-installed can only be deleted by first rooting your phone.
Yes, rooting does void warranty, but nothing to worry about as you can unroot your phone and it will get your warranty back
About Flash Player... I really don't know.
4.0.4 is the latest update for the Motorola Razr HD. Although latest version is 4.2.1 Motorola has to work with the drivers and several stuff to get a stable version of Android working on it... Updates are not as fast as you might think but according to Motorola your phone should be getting 4.1 (Jellybean in Q1 2013)
I don't know how secure is Android, but I never had malwares or anything like that... Just try to download apps which have good comments and lot of downloads...
For Samsung Galaxy phones they all come with a Task Manager, where you can close all apps and background programs. You should download "Advanced Task Killer" that will close all the programs. and remember to not push the middle button if you want to close an app, as it will leave it running in the background, just press the backwards key.
I hope someone else completes my post :3
bruce671 said:
Hi everyone this is my first time posting on the forums. I just upgraded from my blackberry 9700 to a Razr HD from Fido. I've never had an android phone before so this it's all new to me. I have a few general questions about how the operating system works and i was hoping you guys can help me out.
My phone came pre-installed with a few apps from Fido, but they only link me to a website to buy games, music, etc, and only work when i am on their network. I tried deleting them but i can't, i looked it up online and the internet said the only way it can done is by rooting the device. I bought the phone replacement warranty from future shop and i don't want to void the warranty, but the internet also said that rooting the phone voids the warranty.
I also downloaded a game but it wouldn't load since i needed flash player for it to work. The game redirected me to the adobe website to get it, but i wasn't sure which version of android my phone has. My phone info only said 4.0.4, and the versions on the adobe site were 4.0.4xxxxxxx. I tried 2 of them randomly from the list but they didn't work. Also how do i upgrade my phone to the most recent version of android? When i checked for updates it said it had the most recent updates.
How secure is android, and do i have to be careful with what websites i browse or what apps i download from the google store. And is there any way to make sure an app or anything downloaded from a place other than the google store is safe?
The last thing is how do i close programs that are running? I know on my ipad i could double tap the home button and close/open apps, is there anything similar on android?
Thanks for any help you guys can give me. If you have any other general advice that would be great too.
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Questions should be asked in Q&A.
Welcome and read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466228
The flash player isn't supported on 4.x +. But there is a way to get it. I will link u to that. And talking about play store, the apps on play store are mostly secure. But make sure u check what permissions the app is asking for and also check the reviews before downloading.
There is a built in task manager on ics (4.0.4). Hold the home button for like 2-3 sec. U ll get it. Swipe it away to close em. Personally I don't prefer any task managers (other than the stock), Cuz they r just gonna be running in background, doing some Crap thus draining battery. (not that I'm telling all that the member above said was wrong, they r just my ways! )
Flash player - try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770480
Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774336
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I need a little help with my sons new Fire HD7,
I have managed to install google play to be able to get the apps that he likes but they won't add to the childs profile, only apps i download from amazon app store will add, he's driving me nuts for games that he likes but cant get once the tablet is on his profile, any help would be great, also if i could get "samsung kids mode" to install that would be a lot handier as he knows that inside out.
Thanks
russellhearn69 said:
I need a little help with my sons new Fire HD7,
I have managed to install google play to be able to get the apps that he likes but they won't add to the childs profile, only apps i download from amazon app store will add, he's driving me nuts for games that he likes but cant get once the tablet is on his profile, any help would be great, also if i could get "samsung kids mode" to install that would be a lot handier as he knows that inside out.
Thanks
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I'm running into the same issue. My son just got one of these for Christmas. And I'm right where you are - installed Play Store and downloaded apps, but can't get them into his profile. I'm assuming it's because of where they are saved or something to that effect.
I'm also having an issue with the fact that Chromecast (Google Home) doesn't work inside of Netflix and Disney Jr. apps. His older cheapy tablet can Chromecast fine, but that tablet's battery sux...
I'm willing to wager that I'm going to have to root and install CM or another custom ROM in order to get any decent functionality out of this Fire.
Keep me posted on any progress you've made, and I'll do the same ?